1960s britain

These images show how Britain has been altered almost beyond recognition in a little over a generation when compared to pictures of St Ives from the 50s and 60s, saved by collector Martin Snelling.

A selection of photos from the Janet Mendelsohn exhibition at the Old Print Works, Moseley Road

From washing the car by hand to doing the washing up - here's our roundup of things that have gone out of fashion ...

Looking back, the extraordinary thing about life in Britain in 1964 was the sharpness of the juxtaposition between old and new, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK.

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Varna Road in Birmingham was a demonised district in 1960s Britain ... until the US photographer Janet Mendelsohn arrived and captured the tenderness and warmth amid the poverty, pimps and prostitution

The remarkable collection portrays a forgotten age in the years after the Second World War as the country learned how to enjoy itself once more. Old-fashioned shops line streets dotted with classic cars.

The images were taken over four years by photographer Nick Hedges on behalf of charity Shelter - and now an appeal has been issued to trace the children in the pictures